Mary Emilie Holmes (1850-1906)

Mary Emilie Holmes waa a geologist and educator who became the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America.

She was also one of the cofounders of a seminary for young black women that evolved into Mary Holmes College, which was named in memory of her mother. source: Wikipedia

Holmes's career as a scientist was very short, encompassing mainly the years between 1885 and 1892; this may have been due in part to the fact that this was a period when the earth sciences were considered the exclusive realm of men and there were few precedents for women making a career in the field. It would be the second woman elected to the Geological Society of America, Florence Bascom, who would become the first American woman to attain a career as a fully professional geologist and college professor.

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{| First woman elected to the Geological Society of America (1889)

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